October 13, 200717 yr Author Lion Hill Estates photo update, 10/4/07 Building Cincinnati, 10/10/07 Work continues on the first phase of townhouses at Lion Hill Estates in Columbia Tusculum. Stephens Construction plans a total of 20 townhouse units, arranged around a common courtyard, at 577 Delta Avenue. Prices for three bedrooms and two-and-a-half baths are priced in the mid $400,000s. All four units are still available. http://www.building-cincinnati.com/2007/10/lion-hill-estates-photo-update-10407.html
October 14, 200717 yr If it didn't have garages underneath, it would look like part of a large housing project community.
October 14, 200717 yr Author Golden Avenue Manor photo update, 10/4/07 Building Cincinnati, 10/11/07 Foundations have begun on the townhouses at Golden Avenue Manor* in Columbia Tusculum. Joshua One is building the 4 townhouse units along the 3400 block of Golden Avenue. Prices for these high-end units are $599,000 and include three bedrooms, a media room, a library, a veranda and attached two-car garages. All four are still available, though a sale on one is pending. http://www.building-cincinnati.com/2007/10/golden-avenue-manor-photo-update-10407.html * Formerly referred to as Golden Avenue Town Homes
October 18, 200717 yr With all that development, they need to put a grocery store in Downtown Cincinnati.
October 19, 200717 yr Re: Reply #1079... This beauty ended up selling for $373,000. On the market for 32 days. Agent Only remarks in MLS state "High end, tasteful offering" 435 Stanley Ave. - Columbia Tusculum Photo from CincyMLS
October 19, 200717 yr How hard would it be to add architectural details once you've bought it? Maybe for someone who plans to live there for a while, spending an extra 30k or whatever would be worth it when the market gets better in 6 years.
October 19, 200717 yr That might not be a bad idea. There are 3 across the street built around one year later that are roughly the same size, but have longer driveways, square footage mainly on 2 floors and definitely more character (even though they're still vinyl). 430-434 Stanley Ave. - Columbia Tusculum Image from CincyMLS Image from CincyMLS This one just sold a 2nd time in September of this year for $510,000. 434 Stanley Ave. - Columbia Tusculum Photo from CincyMLS
October 19, 200717 yr Nothing wrong with Vinyl Siding as long as it's done right :) I think I would actually prefer that last house the way it is instead of brick.
October 19, 200717 yr Author ??? photo update, 10/4/07 Building Cincinnati, 10/16/07 This is being built at the corner of Columbia Parkway and Stanley Avenue, next to the Starbucks. Does anybody know what this is? I am at a loss. http://www.building-cincinnati.com/2007/10/photo-update-10407.html
October 19, 200717 yr The alternative to vinyl isn't just brick. There's good old wood siding. I've never seen a vinyl job where I just stood back and admired it. Sure, they've got little methods to not make them as bland as the "regular" vinyl siding that gets slapped on $80k houses, but when it comes right down to it you're putting a fake finish on your house. And over time, vinyl warps, it discolors... it is definitely not maintenance free. And no matter how much character they can trick people into thinking is going on, you still have that crappy overlapping on the sides and always on the backs. It's just cheap looking, there's no way around it. It's not solid. You can push on it and it moves. You can mow your yard, hit a rock and put a big hole in it. The wind can blow and knock it loose and that's always a pretty site. But my favorite of all was about 15 years ago in Middletown on Central Ave. A little house burned down and its neighbor's siding melted.
October 20, 200717 yr Today I noticed that the old auto shop on Sycamore right before Auburn (maybe 1841 Sycamore) was knocked down. I assume there is a set of townhomes being built there similar to the ones just down the hill. Anyone know about it?
October 20, 200717 yr The alternative to vinyl isn't just brick. There's good old wood siding. I've never seen a vinyl job where I just stood back and admired it. Sure, they've got little methods to not make them as bland as the "regular" vinyl siding that gets slapped on $80k houses, but when it comes right down to it you're putting a fake finish on your house. And over time, vinyl warps, it discolors... it is definitely not maintenance free. And no matter how much character they can trick people into thinking is going on, you still have that crappy overlapping on the sides and always on the backs. It's just cheap looking, there's no way around it. It's not solid. You can push on it and it moves. You can mow your yard, hit a rock and put a big hole in it. The wind can blow and knock it loose and that's always a pretty site. But my favorite of all was about 15 years ago in Middletown on Central Ave. A little house burned down and its neighbor's siding melted. Cementitious fiber boards such as Hardi-Plank are also a good alternative to wood siding and its unavoidable maintenence issues.
October 20, 200717 yr And over time, vinyl warps, it discolors... it is definitely not maintenance free. And no matter how much character they can trick people into thinking is going on, you still have that crappy overlapping on the sides and always on the backs. It's just cheap looking, there's no way around it. It's not solid. You can push on it and it moves. You can mow your yard, hit a rock and put a big hole in it. The wind can blow and knock it loose and that's always a pretty site. But my favorite of all was about 15 years ago in Middletown on Central Ave. A little house burned down and its neighbor's siding melted. Wow, I didn't know so many things can go wrong with it. I was just judging by how it looks. Thanks for the info. Isn't fiber cement the same thing as stucco? I guess they just mold it in strips to look like siding to give it more of a texture?
October 20, 200717 yr Good point on the Hardi-Plank. I forgot about that product. A friend of mine just put that on his house last year. The only thing that I didn't like about it is it's thin and very flexible. He's got an old farm type house so the siding shows how uneven a certain part of his house is, whereas real wood would not have (or at least I don't think it would have). I guess this product would be perfect though for a house that was pretty much level all over, especially a newer home. There was a product on an HGTV show about 2 years ago. I think it was on one of the Before & After episodes. It wasn't fiber concrete, it was literally 100% concrete siding that could be made in different patterns. For that episode, the guy used the design of wood siding. It was not nearly as thin as the fiber type boards. When the episode was on I looked up the product, but can't seem to find the link I had in my bookmarks and was unable to find it doing a search online. Anybody know what the technical name is for this type of siding?
October 20, 200717 yr Author Today I noticed that the old auto shop on Sycamore right before Auburn (maybe 1841 Sycamore) was knocked down. I assume there is a set of townhomes being built there similar to the ones just down the hill. Anyone know about it? I don't know anything about a plan to put homes there at the present time. The building was condemned--I think it was just hazard abatement.
October 20, 200717 yr Author Small projects photo update, 10/4/07 Building Cincinnati, 10/17/07 Delta Knoll, Mount Lookout Wakefield Development is building these ten attached condos at 752 Delta Avenue. Each unit is 1,800 square feet with two bedrooms and two and a half baths. At least half have sold. The Greater Cincinnati MLS lists one for sale for $379,900. Alms Gate, Columbia Tusculum Chrisman Homes is building Alms Gate, a small subdivision of $1,000,000+ homes on spacious, hilly lots off of Tusculum Avenue. The homes are huge with high-end building materials and finishes. http://www.building-cincinnati.com/2007/10/small-projects-photo-update-10407.html
October 21, 200717 yr Author East Price Hill wants Whittier, new police station Building Cincinnati, 10/18/07 The East Price Hill Improvement Association (EPHIA) wants the site of the former Whittier Elementary School to become the home of a new state-of-the-art police station for District 3. According EPHIA President Dan Boller, Jr, the District 3 station is outdated and suffers from a lack of adequate parking. Fearing a long-term vacancy of the school, Boller and the EPHIA would like to work with the City to acquire the site and to prepare a master plan for a new District 3 station building. In the interim, the site could be used for spillover parking. The former school is located at 945 Hawthorne Avenue, directly behind the current District 3 station. Whittier Elementary had been scheduled to receive a new school building as part of Cincinnati Public Schools' (CPS) facilities master plan. In preparation, Whittier students were moved into the new Rees E. Price Academy on Considine Avenue in August 2006. In November 2006, CPS removed the new Whittier school from its $1 billion building program due to low enrollments and cost overruns. City Manager Milton Dohoney is expected to produce a feasibility report in early November. WINDOWS LIVE BIRD'S EYE VIEW GOOGLE AERIAL MAP http://www.building-cincinnati.com/2007/10/east-price-hill-wants-whittier-new.html
October 21, 200717 yr Author Mornington Place photo update, 10/13/07 Building Cincinnati, 10/18/07 Two homes in Mornington Place have been completed. Chrisman Homes is building 6 single-family homes at Shaw and Rosella avenues in Hyde Park, a former manufacturing site for Tricon Scaffolding. Both of these houses are currently available. The "Tudor" home is priced at $384,900, while the other is priced at $379,900. Four more homes will be built along Rosella. http://www.building-cincinnati.com/2007/10/mornington-place-photo-update-101307.html
October 21, 200717 yr the walmart nightmare aside, i hope some other useful shops/restaurants move in. would be nice to have a place to run quick errands from mariemont. similar to bridgewater falls in fairfield township. my parents live up there and being able to run around the corner to best buy or the rather large list of retailers up there is really nice
October 22, 200717 yr Haha. Another example of what Cincinnati Kid was refering to: People prefer 2 car garages over a front door when they have to choose.
October 22, 200717 yr You can put a front door in the garage door. You'd probably need beefier mounts and a stronger opener.
October 22, 200717 yr Mornington Place photo update, 10/13/07 Building Cincinnati, 10/18/07 Two homes in Mornington Place have been completed. Chrisman Homes is building 6 single-family homes at Shaw and Rosella avenues in Hyde Park, a former manufacturing site for Tricon Scaffolding. Both of these houses are currently available. The "Tudor" home is priced at $384,900, while the other is priced at $379,900. Four more homes will be built along Rosella. Is that rail line active next to the first house? I didn't know what that light was for until I saw the tracks. That' got to be a tough sell.
October 22, 200717 yr After reading about the exciting new development in Hyde Park, http://www.urbanohio.com/forum2/index.php?topic=14212.new#new I checked out the developers website. http://www.bloomfieldschon.com/, which is also doing the American Can project. I'm sure most already know. What I found interesting was one of their partners, Jose Garcia, has an interesting website too. http://www.josegarciadesign.com/. Mr Garcia was/is a UC Prof. I can't quite tell based on the bio. He has some interesting projects: Cincinnati Children's Theatre - lots of pics, before the plan to moved to DT, I take it. College Hill Masterplan - which looks to include some Pre-fab! and the American Can project with a few more images. I think some of the other residential projects are in Cincinnati, but I'm not 100%.
October 26, 200717 yr Austrian bakery, art gallery on tap for Northside BY LISA BIANK FASIG | CINCINNATI BUSINESS COURIER October 26, 2007 NORTHSIDE - A cluster of dilapidated buildings in Northside's historic district are set to be redeveloped into an Austrian bakery, an art gallery and several apartments, as a Los Angeles family with Midwestern roots moves to Cincinnati. The Kamlager family, which has relatives here, will pay $100,000 for the properties at 3930, 3932 and 3934 Spring Grove Ave. The family includes Don Kamlager; his daughter Sydney Santner, an artist; and her husband Norbert, an Austrian baker. They will renovate one of the buildings into a wholesale baking facility, another into a retail bakery called the Heart of Salzburg Bakery, and a third into an art gallery. In addition, two of the buildings will house apartments overhead and other vendors, such as a frozen yogurt shop, might be added. The properties are the last to be developed in Northside's South Block portion of its historic district and have been targeted for renovation for a couple years, said Robert Sala, president of the Northside Business Association.
October 26, 200717 yr Orphanage eyes $20M plan for social services campus BY DAN MONK | CINCINNATI BUSINESS COURIER October 26, 2007 BOND HILL - St. Aloysius Orphanage is pursuing a $20 million redevelopment of its 17-acre site in Bond Hill, hoping to create a social services campus that expands the nonprofit's mission and bolsters its annual operating budget. The 170-year-old nonprofit, which provides educational and counseling services to children with behavioral or mental health problems, wants to double its client load to 2,900 children a year. St. Aloysius hopes the new development will add up to $1 million in lease revenue to supplement its $10 million operating budget. "We could generate more money by selling" the site and moving to another location, said Pank Goulet, executive director at St. Aloysius Orphanage, which was established in 1837 to care for children whose parents were killed in a cholera epidemic.
October 26, 200717 yr Author Small projects photo update, 10/13/07 Building Cincinnati, 10/23/07 3420 Shaw The condo project at 3420 Shaw Avenue now has a dumpster. Upon completion, this building will contain 6 units priced from $155,000 for one bedroom and one bath to $279,900 for two bedrooms and two baths. The developers are Pat and Sunny Donovan (dba Elysium Inc.) and the architect is Brashear Bolton. Knox Presbyterian Church Structural framing and some masonry work is happening at the church at Michigan and Observatory avenues. Miller Valentine Group is building a 12,000-square-foot addition that mainly consists of a large stage area, with sound and lighting facilities, rooms for use by the choir, and restrooms. Photography here is problematic. Hopefully these two photos give you some perspective as to the scope. http://www.building-cincinnati.com/2007/10/small-projects-photo-update-101307.html
October 27, 200717 yr Author Millcreek Habitat project kicks off today Building Cincinnati, 10/24/07 A ceremonial kickoff for the Millcreek Valley Habitat for Humanity's next project will take place at 10 AM at the project site on Wilson Avenue in Colerain Township. Members of the Southwest Chapter of the Ohio Contractors Association will begin building a road extension and other infrastructure to support the construction of six new houses. Infrastructure work should be completed by December. Next June, Millcreek Habitat will host the 2008 Builder's Blitz, where area builders will build two houses over the course of a week. WINDOWS LIVE BIRD'S EYE VIEW GOOGLE AERIAL MAP http://www.building-cincinnati.com/2007/10/millcreek-habitat-project-kicks-off.html
October 27, 200717 yr I was walking along the east end of 4th street today and came accross a new clock installed at the south east corner of 4th and Broadway in front of the University club. It has gone up in the last few weeks, probably to commemerate the 100th aniverssary of the club (it says "University Club" on the top, and bears the club logo on the clock face. Sorry for the quality of the pic. I used my cell phone.
October 29, 200717 yr Author Redstone of Kenwood photo update, 10/20/07 Building Cincinnati, 10/26/07 Construction continues on the Redstone of Kenwood office building on Montgomery Road. Scott Street Partners is constructing a 160,000-square-foot Class A office building on 8.4 acres southwest of Kenwood Towne Centre, across the street from St. Vincent Ferrer. CNG Financial Corp. will be the anchor tenant. They plan to relocate 225 employees to two floors of the building next summer. The project used to be known as Sycamore Square, when it was first announced with the Maisonette as the anchor tenant. http://www.building-cincinnati.com/2007/10/redstone-of-kenwood-photo-update-102007.html
October 29, 200717 yr All that talk about a new Maisonette and cutting edge design... and the result more blandburg suburban office park.
October 30, 200717 yr I was walking along the east end of 4th street today and came accross a new clock installed at the south east corner of 4th and Broadway in front of the University club. It has gone up in the last few weeks, probably to commemerate the 100th aniverssary of the club (it says "University Club" on the top, and bears the club logo on the clock face. Sorry for the quality of the pic. I used my cell phone. That's pretty good for a cell phone!
October 30, 200717 yr New life for Sharonville cinema BY CARRIE WHITAKER | CINCINNATI ENQUIRER October 30, 2007 SHARONVILLE – Flash back 20 years. If it was Friday night, chances were 11-year-old Tasha Heard had plans to see a movie at Act I Cinema in downtown Sharonville. As a kid, she liked living down the street from the theater – the hottest place to be on a Friday night. "I remember we would call the theater’s hot line every Tuesday or Wednesday to find out what movie was playing,” said Heard, now 31 and working in downtown Sharonville at Reddy Coffee & Café. “But it really didn’t matter, because we would be there every Friday anyway.” Closed for most of the year, the cinema now belongs to the Sharonville Fine Arts Council, which is renovating the old theater into a 150-seat theater for movies and performing arts, galleries, art studios and space for an art education center.
November 2, 200717 yr Author Council approves Pleasant Ridge hospital Building Cincinnati, 10/30/07 City Council has unanimously approved a diagnostic hospital for a vacant building in Pleasant Ridge. The passed ordinance codifying a zoning change to IR Institutional-Residential District means that an unidentified operator can begin a $1.2 million rehabilitation of 5500 Verulam Avenue, which has been vacant since 2004. The diagnostic hospital will provide behavioral health care for residents of nearby nursing homes, with patients staying for seven to ten days. Work on the interior of the structure will provide between 21 and 28 large patient suites. The hospital is expected to employ 85. http://www.building-cincinnati.com/2007/10/council-approves-pleasant-ridge.html Park Manor photo update, 10/20/07 Building Cincinnati, 10/30/07 Models are open for the Park Manor project in Blue Ash, and work continues on the second building. Kurlemann Homes is building 42 attached landominiums on 7.2 acres at the corner of Cooper Road and Monroe Avenue. Ten more buildings will be constructed on the site. The homes are being sold through Sibcy Cline. Prices start at $679,000. http://www.building-cincinnati.com/2007/10/park-manor-photo-update-102007.html
November 2, 200717 yr Park Manor is certainly an improvement from the stuff usually seen in Blue Ash.
November 2, 200717 yr Well, that depends on what trips your trigger. Older neighborhoods in Blue Ash, the whole post-war suburb thing, can be extremely charming...but if you mean the office-park crap, or a lot of the McMansion new construction, I agree completely!
November 2, 200717 yr Park Manor is in an extremely walkable part of Blue Ash, which is nice. Residents can walk to the library, the post office, the stores and restaurants along Cooper and Kenwood, Sycamore Jr. High, and Pipkins market. That's fairly impressive for the suburbs.
November 2, 200717 yr Yeah, it's really more of a mini-downtown type area...Blue Ash is really suburbs, not exurbs...yay!
November 3, 200717 yr Madisonville watching city's moves Land acquisition is first step in Whetsel-Madison rejuvenation BY ALLEN HOWARD | [email protected] Madisonville residents and business owners had mixed views of plans to revitalize the Madison-Whetsel intersection, announced Friday by city officials. Bob Igoe, economic development chair of the Madisonville Community Council, said the neighborhood is excited that the city has made the project a priority by acquiring blighted property around the intersection the last 12 months. He said the development would involve a public plaza, mixed-use offices and retail space as well as businesses extending beyond the Madison-Whetsel intersection in a two-square-mile area on Madison Road, between Ravenna and Ward streets. Cost of the development has not been determined, but Igoe said the first phase of acquisition is estimated at $2 million. MORE: http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071103/NEWS01/711030426/1056/COL02
November 4, 200717 yr I just ate dinner at the recently opened Via Vite restaurant on Fountain Square and was generally impressed with it. It will be amazing come spring when they can open up all the dining room windows. Although, has anybody noticed the complete bastardization that Rock Bottom is pulling off. I was eating lunch on the square with some friends, and we were thinking that giant cauldron was just waiting to be moved inside the restaurant, but now it's obvious its fake, and there to stay--not to mention the wood pergola underneath the cool new glass 5/3rd facade. Sorry I don't have any pics!
November 4, 200717 yr Author Attorney alleges "gross mismanagement" on sidewalks project Building Cincinnati, 10/31/07 Attorney Jeffrey Bakst has alleged "gross mismanagement" on the part of the City regarding a recent sidewalk project on Kinsey Avenue in Mount Auburn. In a letter to City Council dated September 21, Bakst, whose law office is at the corner of Auburn and Kinsey avenues, claims that the City squandered thousands of dollars by not coordinating the nearby sidewalk project with Duke Energy. Duke Energy is beginning the installation of gas mains, requiring them to rip up brand new sidewalks completed by the City early this year*. Bakst alleges that "there was no planning done whatsoever" and fears that this type of waste will cause the City to "go down the tubes". Copies of the letter have been sent to the City's Department of Transportation and Engineering and City Council's Vibrant Neighborhoods, Environment and Public Services Committee. A report from City Manager Milton Dohoney is expected by late November. * The sidewalk project went along Kinsey Avenue from Auburn Avenue to Reading Road. The gas main project is going from approximately Auburn and Kinsey avenues to Highland and Kinsey avenues. http://www.building-cincinnati.com/2007/10/attorney-alleges-gross-mismanagement-on.html Beechmont and Roxbury photo update, 10/29/07 Building Cincinnati, 10/31/07 Structural and masonry work continues at Beechmont and Roxbury avenues in Mount Washington. Cole Realty Associates is building the 9,700-square-foot center that will include up to six tenant spaces. No tenants have been announced. http://www.building-cincinnati.com/2007/10/beechmont-and-roxbury-photo-update.html
November 5, 200717 yr Attorney alleges "gross mismanagement" on sidewalks project You know, this happens quite often. You would expect any construction project done by the city AND the county would have to coinside with Duke future plans before they start anything. I have seen countless roads paved on the west side, only to be bastardized by new gas line cutouts 6 months later. (My street as one example)
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